There are 37 stored owner reports matching the suspension leading-label group for the 1999 Ford F-350 in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)The contact owns a 1999 Ford F-350. The contact stated while driving at speeds in excess of 40 MPH, after driving over a pothole in the roadway, the vehicle started shaking and vibrating violently. The contact stated that after slowing down the failure ceased. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 50,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 35 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BRACKET WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BRACKET WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.
DRIVING MY 1999 FORD F350 DIESEL DOWN THE HIGHWAY, APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, HEARD A THUMP AND LOUD SCRAPING NOISE. COULD NOT PULL OVER DUE TO TRAFFIC, PULLED OVER WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED, AROUND ANOTHER 100 FEET. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AROUND AND UNDER TRUCK, TO DISCOVER FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING ALONG THE HIGHWAY. REAR FUEL TANK STRAP HAD BROKEN. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD F-350. WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD POP SOUND COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, SECONDS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD SUDDENLY EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A NEARBY GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A CONCUSSION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 50000.
MY FATHER AND I WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 96 IN MICHIGAN IN MY 1999 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK. WE WERE GOING ABOUT 68MPH AND HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR APPROX 2HOURS PRIOR. ALL THE SUDDEN, WE HEARD SOMETHING RATTLING AND THEN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE BLEW OUT SENDING OUR VEHICLE SLIDING TO THE SIDE. WE NEARLY ROLLED MY TRUCK. AFTER PULLING OVER AND FURTHER INSPECTION WITH THE TOWING COMPANY, WE DETERMINED THAT THE REAR LEAF SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND PLUNGED ITSELF INTO MY TIRE. THIS ALMOST KILLED US AND WE ARE VERY UPSET NOT TO MENTION THE TOW BILL, NEW TIRE, AND NEW SPRINGS. I CALLED THE DEALER AND HE HAS NOTIFIED ME THAT ALL OF THESE TRUCKS DO THIS AND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. SOMEONE NEEDS TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM BEFORE MORE HARDWORKING PEOPLE THAT SPENT GOOD MONEY TO BUY A WORK TRUCK ARE INJURED OR KILLED. I CANNOT GET THE FORD DEALER TO COVER THE ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE HELP. I NOW AM FACED WITH A $1200 REPAIR BILL IN ADDITION TO THE TOW BILL TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. *TR
I HAVE HAD 2 SUPER DUTY'S NOW A 2000 F350 AND A 1999 F350 ON THE 2000 . I HAD THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS FAIL AT 45K AND THE RIGHT AT 53K MILES RUNNING STOCK TIRES AND WHEELS WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE FAILED THE WHEEL ALMOST CAME OFF I HAD TO BE TOWED I SOLD THAT TRUCK THINKING I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AND GOT THIS ONE THE 99 BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ARE OUT. I LOOKED ON THE WEB THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS CAN'T EVEN GREASE THEM AND THEY ARE $550 EACH. *JB
I PURCHASED A 1999 F-350 SUPER DUTY DUALLY. FROM RECORDS FROM THE PERVIOUS OWNERS PROBLEMS AND THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK, I CAN NOT BELIVE SERVICE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE PARKING BRAKE BLEW WHEN I WAS ON ALMOST LEVEL GROUND AND NEED LEAST TO SAY THE TRUCK ROLLED AND CRASHED, LUCKY NOT ONE WAS HURT.BUT IT DID QUIT A BIT OF DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK AND MY TRAILOR. NOW I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM ON THESE FORDS BUT NOT YET ON MY PERTICULARE TRUCK. ALSO IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS I HAVE PUT IN A NEW CLUTCH WITCH IS EXPECTED. AND HAVE HAD CLOSE TO $ 3,000 IN BRAKE REPAIRS????? THAT WAS NOT!!!DRUMS CRACKING,HUBS EXPLOADING WITCH I UNDERSTAND IN A PROBLEM TOO BUT NOT ON MY TRUCK YET?????? PLEASE HAVE SOME ONE CONTACT ME I NEED SOME GUIDENCE, INFORMATION, HELP I HAVE HAD NO HELP FROM FORD.
WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT WHEEL WENT INWARD DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITH SUSPENSION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RIGHT REAR LEAF SPRING, NUMBER 3, BROKE FOR NO REASON. *SLC
STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BADLY AT ANY SPEED, DEALER DETERMINED A STABILIZER ARM NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED. *AK *YD
DT: THE CONTACT STATED AT 30,000 MILES THE FRONT END SHOOK, AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO 5 MPH B TO GAIN CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE LOWER BALL JOINT. AT 78,000 MILES, THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING AFTER HITTING A BUMP WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY APPARENT PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END ASSEMBLY. *AK
WHEN FRONT TIRES BEGIN TO WEAR THE FRONT END WILL SHIMMY BADLY WHEN YOU APPLY BRAKES OR IF YOU HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD. THIS TRUCK HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES.*AK
WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE, CAUSING A TIRE BLOWOUT. DEALER DETERMINED BOTH HELPER SPRINGS WERE MISSING, HOLES WERE DRILLED BUT SPRINGS NEVER INSTALLED. NLM
SIMPLY PUT IN PHYSICS TERMS THE FRONT END GOES INTO UNWANTED RESONANT VIBRATION WHERE THE TRUNK IS OUT OF CONTROL. THIS HAS BENN REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT UNWANTED RESONANCE VIBRATION IS. THE TRUNK IS OUT OF CONTROL AND THE DRIVER HAS TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW THE TRUCK TILL THE VIBRATION GOES AWAY AT ABOUT 30MPH. *AK
WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED FRONT END BOUNCES UP AND DOWN UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS HAPPESN ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE. DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TOWING A TRAILER HIT A POTHOLE AND ALL OF SUDDEN IT JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM CONSUMER'S HAND. CONTACTED DEALER. 2000'S F350 SERIES HAVE A STABLIZER/ SHOCK ABSORBER PROBLEM. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR LEAF SPRINGS WHICH RESULTS IN NOISE. THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE LOOSE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BET NO RESPONSE. DEALER SAID IT WAS A LOCK NUT. HE REPLACED THE NUT AND WE CONTINUE TO CHECK. *AK.ET.
WHEN DRIVING AT 2,000 OR 2,500 RPM'S THE VEHICLE VIBRATES SO BADLY THAT FEET GOT NUMB. DEALER CONTACTED,AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER NOITCED A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED PROBLEMS WHEN CARRYING A LOAD. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, GOING INTO A SHARP RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING LOCKED UP, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF TRUCK AND DID NOT HAVE A CRASH. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATED THIS WAS DUE TO A BRACKET ON THE TRAILING ARM BREAKING. PARTS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDERED. *AK
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